Box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1780
Materials
Gold and cornelian
Measurements
8 x 70 x 38 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517353
Summary
Gold-mounted cornelian patch box, of elongated octagonal form, English c.1780. Label loose inside 'Tessiers Ltd, London. George III circa 1780'.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.